As spring approaches, we can expect more severe storms, which can bring deadly lightning strikes. While summer is the busiest ...

Why Lightning Happens — And Why It’s So Dangerous. Meteorologist Matt Bullock explains.

Why This Discovery Matters Beyond Curiosity Lightning strikes Earth about 50 times every second. It damages buildings, disrupts power systems, and threatens lives. A better understanding of how ...

The numbers are out, and Texas once again topped the list for the most lightning strikes out of any state in the United ...

Scientists have successfully modeled large lightning strikes that occur on a kilometer scale in a lab setting of only a few ...

After four years bouncing between Florida and Texas, America’s lightning capital shifted north in 2025, as a small Oklahoma community overtook longtime lightning hot spots in the South. While Florida ...

The Northwest can expect a widespread increase in days with cloud-to-ground lightning in the years to come, along with heightened wildfire risk, according to projections made with a unique ...

Lightning sparked almost 60% of the wildfires—and those blazes accounted for 93% of the total area burned.

Next time you're stuck in a thunderstorm, try this easy way to calculate how far away you are from lightning strikes.